diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 2accb67427c6..7547600b6174 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static int nfs_init_server(struct nfs_server *server,
 	server->nfs_client = clp;
 
 	/* Initialise the client representation from the mount data */
-	server->flags = data->flags & NFS_MOUNT_FLAGMASK;
+	server->flags = data->flags;
 
 	if (data->rsize)
 		server->rsize = nfs_block_size(data->rsize, NULL);
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static int nfs4_init_server(struct nfs_server *server,
 		goto error;
 
 	/* Initialise the client representation from the mount data */
-	server->flags = data->flags & NFS_MOUNT_FLAGMASK;
+	server->flags = data->flags;
 	server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN;
 
 	if (data->rsize)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index e527fab40419..81686aeb1b5d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ static int nfs_validate_mount_data(void *options,
 		 * Translate to nfs_parsed_mount_data, which nfs_fill_super
 		 * can deal with.
 		 */
-		args->flags		= data->flags;
+		args->flags		= data->flags & NFS_MOUNT_FLAGMASK;
 		args->rsize		= data->rsize;
 		args->wsize		= data->wsize;
 		args->timeo		= data->timeo;